Review of “The Real Story of Flight-19”

The author Steve MacGregor sets out to outline his research into the mystery of the Flight-19 disappearance in a logical manner. He is quite successful at explaining the rudimentary timeline and his theory on the happenstance of both the TBM Avenger aircraft and one of the PBM rescue planes sent to find them.

However, in my humble opinion, the book falls short of being a true work of research for a few different reasons. Among other things, it does not contain an index of referenced materials & terms and therefore the reader cannot reference an alleged fact easily. And though there is a short bibliography it is not written in any set standard writing format such as AP or MLA…etc.

Furthermore; though it is a very succinct and simply detailed account of the event, including the subsequent paradoxes after the search and rescue there are a few elements missing from the timeline that the researcher should be aware of and a couple that I believe were overemphasized.

The reader should know that the author’s work is a short piece of approximately 110 pages and is meant as one volume in a series of writings about true-life mysteries.

To be fair, I skimmed the book in two hours looking for key elements to a well-authored piece and though I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the story, I sincerely suggest using it as a supplementary reading or as an introduction to a more in-depth analysis by most of the authors listed in the bibliography.

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A Graduate of Parris Island South Carolina, I have spent Twenty years in the service of this great country, as a member of the United States Marine Corps and Army National Guard. I have two college degrees in the arts and would like to be working on a third. I love to learn, travel, and am a fan of unexplained mysteries and phenomenon.
Among other things, I have instructed class in England, been on an Archaeological dig in Greece and eaten roast pidgeon in Hong Kong.
Research of History, especially Military History and writing about it are my fascinations. With this blog ; devoted to my research of the loss of Flight -19 December 5th 1945 I can do both. My intentions are to post to this blog at least once, if not more a month, and use it as a journal for my research towards a book for publication.
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